In search of traces of the mandrake myth: the historical, and ethnobotanical roots of its vernacular names

• Main Authors: Amots Dafni (Author), Cesar Blanché (Author), Salekh Aqil Khatib (Author), Theodora Petanidou (Author), Bedrettin Aytaç (Author), Ettore Pacini (Author), Ekaterina Kozuharova (Author), Aharon Geva-Kleinberger (Author), Soli Shahvar (Author), Zora Dajic (Author), Helmut W. Klug (Author), Guillermo Benítez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Mandrake (Mandragora spp.) is one of the most famous medicinal plant in western cultures since Biblical times and throughout written history. In many cultures, mandrake is related to magic and witchcraft, which is said to have a psychosomatic effect (especially when mandrake cont...